Portable water operated rotary cleaning brush



June 10, 1952 E. HAINES I PORTABLE WATER OPERATED ROTARY CLEANING BRUSH 2 SHEET SSHEET 1 Filed Feb. 4, 1948 .INVENTOR. Edward Hal/2w ATTCIRN EYS June 10, 1952 E. HAINES PORTABLE WATER OPERATED ROTARY CLEANING BRUSH Filed Feb. 4, 1948 v 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 I N VEgV TOR. flamed ATTD RN EYS Patented June 10, 1952 OFFICE PORTABLE WATER OPERATED ROTARY CLEANING BRUSH Edward Haines, Philadelphia, Pa. Application February 4, 1948, Serial No. 6,132

3 Claims. (Cl. 15-29) This invention relates to water propelled brushes of the type used for polishing, cleaning and the like particularly around the kitchen sink, and in particular a brush in a relatively small unique casing at the end of a handle with a brush provided with an impellerpositioned to be ro-,

tated by water supplied and returned through the'handle.

The purpose of this invention is to provide means for rotating a brush with water supplied from a faucet wherein the brush may be used for cleaning, polishing and the like particularly of silverware, pots, pans, and the like.

Various devices have been provided-for'rotating brushes and the like by water particularly for commercial uses but these devices are too elaborate and also too costly for domestic and particularly for kitchen use. With this thought in mind this invention contemplates a brush rotatably mounted in a small housing at the end of a handle with water supply and return tubes extending through the housing and handle and with an impeller in the housing in the path of the water so that as water passes through the device it will rotate the brush. The brush also Figure 3 is a cross section through the brush.

head with parts in elevation and parts broken away, taken on line 3.3 of Figure l. g

Figure 4 is a plan view similar to that shown in Figure 2 with the upper 'part of the handle omitted and with part of the housing broken away and shown in section illustrating the impeller.

Figure 5 is a detail taken on line 5-5 of Figure 3 showing the spring actuated ball valve.

Figure 6 is a cross section through the handle taken on line 66 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts the water driven brush of this invention includes a brush 10 carried by a shaft I I that is rotatably mounted in a housing I 2 and the housing is carried by a handle l3 through a supply connection [4 and a return connection 15.

The brush I0 is provided with a threaded stud 16 that isadapted to be screwed into a socket I'I in the end of the shaft II and it will be underincludes valve means actuated by the pressure,-

and controlled by a button on the, handle for supplying water to the brush when desired.

The object of this invention is, therefore, to provide means for mounting a brush at the end of a handle where water flowing through the handle will rotate the brush. I

Another object of the invention is to provide a water rotated brush head in which the brush may be removed and other attachments used in the head.

Another object of the invention is to provide means in a water actuated brush mounting whereby water may be provided through the mounting to a brush or the like as desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a water actuated brush or the like for polishing and cleaning particularly in the kitchen which is of a simple and economical construction.

With these and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists of the new and novel combination, construction, and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more fully described, set forth in the claims appended hereto, and disclosed in the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view showing a side elevation of the brush unit.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the brush unit with the ends of the Water supply and return tubes broken away.

stood that the brush may readily be removed and other devices or appliances such as scrubbers, bottlecleaners, or polishing devices may be used instead and these devices may be provided with studs similar to the stud I6. 9

The shaft I l is provided with vanes l8 and the lower end is rotatably mounted through a bearing IS in a socket 20 and the upper end 21 is held in a socket 22 in a cover plate 23 of the housing. The socket 211 is provided with a packing gland 24 and the shaft I l is provided with a pin 25 by which it may be held while screwing a brush or the like into orout of the socket I! in the lower end thereof.

The housing may be provided with an outwardly flared casing 26 with threads 21 in the upper end by which it is threaded on the threads 28 of the housing as shown in Figure 3. The casing is positioned around the brush and provides a shield therefor.

The base 29 of the housing is provided with a boss 30, as shown in Figure 5, with an opening 3| having a ball 32 held against the lower end thereof bya spring 33, and the spring is held by a nut 34 having an outlet 35 threthrough. As pressure builds up in the housing the ball will be forced away from the seat and water will pass therethrough to the brush.

The supply connection [4 of the housing is connected to a water supply tube 35 through a union 31 and the return connection I 5 is connected to a collapsible tube 38, such as a rubber hose, through a union 39, as shown in Figure 4. The tubes 36 and 38 extend through the 

